ANN ARBOR, MICH. — Lloyd Carr alternately choked up and chuckled for nearly 40 minutes Monday, as he announced his 13th season as Michigan football coach will be his last.

“I wanted to be able to walk out of here knowing that to the very last minute, I did my job to the best of my ability,” Carr said with watery eyes. “And I know I’ll be able to do that.”

The best of Carr’s ability brought Michigan a national title and five Big Ten championships. It also included an unsightly loss to Appalachian State to open this season and a fourth consecutive defeat and sixth in seven years to Jim Tressel and Ohio State to close it.

Carr, 62, will coach the Wolverines in their bowl game, likely to be the Alamo Bowl in San Antonio or the Outback Bowl in Tampa, Fla. Following the bowl game, Carr, who had a 121-40 record, will become an associate athletic director.

The departure opens a job at the nation’s winningest football program and the timing of it might make things uncomfortable for top-ranked LSU and coach Les Miles.

Miles seems to be at the top of the list in Ann Arbor. He played for Bo Schembechler at Michigan, where he met his wife and later became an assistant under Schembechler.

On Monday in Baton Rouge, La., though, Miles insisted he’s not looking for a job and said Michigan has not called him.

“I love LSU,” he said.

Even though Miles appears in a great situation leading the Tigers in a talent-rich area, the school was concerned enough about him bolting for Michigan that it put a specific clause in his contract to make it an expensive move.

In the “termination by coach” section of his deal, Michigan is the only other school mentioned. It states that Miles will not seek or accept employment as Michigan’s coach. If Miles does leave LSU to coach the Wolverines, he must pay LSU $1.25 million.

Other candidates to replace Carr might include Kirk Ferentz of Iowa, where Michigan president Mary Sue Coleman was before coming to Ann Arbor, and major college coaches with Midwest ties such as Oklahoma’s Bob Stoops, a native of Youngstown, Ohio.

Sooners’ Murray out for game vs. Cowboys. Oklahoma running back DeMarco Murray, who has a team-leading 764 yards rushing, has a dislocated kneecap and will miss Saturday’s game against Oklahoma State. Murray was injured while trying to recover an onside kick in the final minute of Saturday’s 34-27 loss at Texas Tech.

Sam Bradford suffered a concussion in the game and coach Bob Stoops said the quarterback’s playing status will be determined later in the week.

“Sam did some things, and I’m not going to go through an hourly update,” Stoops said after practice. “We’ll see. He did some things today, but that doesn’t mean anything.”

Avalanche defenseman Erik Johnson had butterflies before Sunday's game against the Detroit Red Wings. It wasn't because of the big-name opponent, but rather his return from a 13-game injury absence and being stoked to rejoin a team in a playoff push and looking for its third postseason appearance in 10 years.